Have you ever been to a reptile expo? Neither had we. This past weekend TIME’s Amy Lombard attended the New York Reptile Show, where over 200 vendors from the New York area gathered to introduce and sell their slithering friends to hundreds of attendees. Don’t worry, we took pictures – here’s what you missed.

The second pic for example is a Suriname TOAD...not a "frog". There is a difference. Research the species or at least ask the vendors. There are tons of little kids who would like to learn something from this slideshow instead of just looking at the pics and 'oohing'.